They should charge for the fork
The following is about exactly how I think of restaurants (like one near me) that do stupid, manipulative things like sell biscuits and gravy, but without eggs, or eggs with biscuits, but without gravy. Then if you order eggs and biscuits and ask for some gravy, they try to tack $3 more onto your bill. Basically all those ill-tempered restaurants that try to control what you can eat, how you can eat it, and look for ways to hike up your bill. I gotta say, I never get wronged at Cracker Barrell, even if they aren’t local. “May I have some apple butter for my grits? Sure.” Sometimes easy is just part of the meal.
Bobby: I’ll have an omelet, no potatoes. Give me tomatoes instead, and wheat toast instead of rolls. : Waitress: No substitutions. : Bobby: What do you mean? You don’t have any tomatoes? : Waitress: Only what’s on the menu. You can have a number two – a plain omelet. It comes with cottage, fries, and rolls. : Bobby: Yea, I know what it comes with, but that’s not what I want. : Waitress: I’ll come back when you make up your mind. : Bobby: Wait a minute, I have made up my mind. I’d like a plain omelet, no potatoes on the plate. A cup of coffee and a side order of wheat toast. : Waitress: I’m sorry, we don’t have any side orders of toast. I’ll give you a English muffin or a coffee roll. : Bobby: What do you mean “you don’t make side orders of toast”? You make sandwiches, don’t you? : Waitress: Would you like to talk to the manager? : Bobby: You’ve got bread. And a toaster of some kind? : Waitress: I don’t make the rules. : Bobby: OK, I’ll make it as easy for you as I can. I’d like an omelet, plain, and a chicken salad sandwich on wheat toast, no mayonnaise, no butter, no lettuce. And a cup of coffee. :Waitress: A number two, chicken sal san. Hold the butter, the lettuce, the mayonnaise, and a cup of coffee. Anything else? :Bobby: Yeah, now all you have to do is hold the chicken, bring me the toast, give me a check for the chicken salad sandwich, and you haven’t broken any rules. :Waitress: You want me to hold the chicken, huh? :Bobby: I want you to hold it between your knees. — from the film Five Easy Pieces
